I was talking New Orleans only. :)
If we got hit with a sizable earthquake, we would be toast, but we wouldn't
get sucked into the mire.
We could be considered an macroscopic version of the filled areas in San
Francisco. Thankfully our basin is so large we won't have the same problems
as Mexico City had. There the waves were partially reflected by the basin
walls and the whole area was hit severly.
I can say that New Orleans has experienced earthquakes. I was asked to help
document a series of earthquakes which hit the far eastern, rural section of
the city. There was about 2 inches of offset from these quakes. Kind of
big for a bowl of jello. I think thet were movement along "growth faults,"
an extension feature common to the Gulf Basin. It was unussual that the
faults were so shallow.
Russel
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 11:09
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Earthquakes (was: Lightbulb changing, CA style)
>
>
> Got an idea for a tv commercial that will never fly - "Shake & Bake,
> official seasoning of the San Francisco (or LA) earthquake and fire"
> <groan>.
>
> Seriously, there are quite a few areas in/around San Francisco that were
> built on bay fill. When shaken, such areas undergo liquifaction,
> and become
> like quicksand. That's what destroyed those structures in the Marina
> District (near the GG Bridge) in the 1989 earthquake -- and that quake's
> center was 60 miles away!! That's also what pancaked the double-deck
> freeway in Oakland -- one end was on firm land, the other on fill. The
> high-rise office buildings downtown should be ok, though -- they have
> reinforced pilings going down as deep as 120' to bedrock. Will sway like
> heck, but should still be standing. Although when I used to work in one,
> they said we might be trapped in the building for several days because it
> would be surrounded by water.
>
> There seems to be an inverse relationship between frequency and
> devastation.
> E.g. tornadoes occur frequently but cut a narrow path. Hurricanes every
> year, but fortunately only a few really clobber the mainland. Earthquakes
> may be decades apart, but LOOK OUT when they hit. Of course, we're all
> virtually in denial. Few people have emergency plans, kits, or
> supplies to
> get through the critical few days until help starts arriving.
>
> Erika with a *K*'s rhetorical question on why we live here in CA
> may not be
> so rhetorical...
>
> Ben
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 5:41 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Lightbulb changing, CA style
>
>
> Actually, I had the same exact argument with a prominent Earthquake
> Seismologist. She explained exactly what pointed out.
>
> ;)
>
> Made me feel kind of silly.
>
> That doesn't mean we won't have some damage. But, for now, I'll prefer to
> experience my earthquakes deel in the Mojave desert while in a tent.
>
> ============================================================
> Russel Madere, Jr. Senior Web Developer
> ICQ: 5446158 http://www.TurboSquid.com
>
> Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you.
> ============================================================
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jennifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 17:03
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: Lightbulb changing, CA style
> >
> >
> > Well, I'll just defer to your expert opinion there.
> >
> > At 04:08 PM 5/8/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > >We don't have to worry a whole lot with liquifaction down here. The
> > >Mississippi Embayment lets us float over the waves.
> > >
> > >;)
> > >
> > >============================================================
> > > Russel Madere, Jr. Senior Web Developer
> > > ICQ: 5446158 http://www.TurboSquid.com
> > >
> > >Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you.
> > >============================================================
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Jennifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 14:55
> > > > To: CF-Community
> > > > Subject: RE: Lightbulb changing, CA style
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At 01:58 PM 5/8/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > >Hey now!
> > > > >
> > > > >I live in Louisiana and I like Earthquakes. Been through 3 of
> > > > them while in
> > > > >Ca.
> > > > >
> > > > >They were a lot quicker than hurricanes.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Just keep in mind that one of the most active fault lines
> runs through
> > > > Baton Rouge and that your part or the state is on top of
> > clay. You know
> > > > what happens to things set on top of wet clay when the clay is
> > > > shaken? They
> > > > sink into the clay.
> > > >
> > > > But hurricanes do suck. I have come to understand hurricane
> > parties. At
> > > > least it gives you something to do.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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